Tornos scolopacinaria

Tornos scolopacinaria, the dimorphic gray, is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America.[1]

Tornos scolopacinaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Boarmiini
Genus: Tornos
Species:
T. scolopacinaria
Binomial name
Tornos scolopacinaria
(Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1858)

The MONA or Hodges number for Tornos scolopacinaria is 6486.[5]

The male's wings are grayish-brown with a dark round discal spot on the fore wing. The female's wings are mainly yellowish-gray with dark gray outer margins. The female has a dark fore wing discal spot which is larger than the male's. Both sexes have a checkered fringe. The wingspan measures 2.1 to 2.9 cm.[6] The moth flies from February to November.[6]

The moths are known to use species of aster and tickseed plants as hosts.[6]

Subspecies

These three subspecies belong to the species Tornos scolopacinaria:

  • Tornos scolopacinaria forsythae Rindge, 1954 c g
  • Tornos scolopacinaria scolopacinaria g
  • Tornos scolopacinaria spodius Rindge, 1954 c g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

  • Female Tornos scolopacinarius
  • Male Tornos scolopacinarius

References
  1. "Tornos scolopacinaria Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  2. "Tornos scolopacinaria species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  3. "Tornos scolopacinaria". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  4. "Tornos scolopacinaria Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  5. "North American Moth Photographers Group, Tornos scolopacinaria". Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  6. Charles V. Covell, Jr. (2005). Moths of Eastern North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville, VA. ISBN 1-884549-21-7

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